Crossroads

Chapter 351

“Dominick, what the hell gives you the right to

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-un like this?” me up

The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high–density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

“Ms. Peterson, you’d better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard’s voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

“Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!”

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney’s clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. “Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or Ill kill your precious Stephaniel

“Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

“What reason do you think I have to detain you?” Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. “You fucking monster! You’ll get what’s coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don’t think you’re Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually

Her relentless rant didn’t faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

“Gary is awake,” Dominick suddenly said

crazed demeanor instantly shifted to shock and

Courtney’s

give in, adjusting her emotions as she asked him with trembling

could respond, she started laughing hysterically at his stern face, her laughter dripping with sarcasm. “What could the heir of the Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it

and more menacing as he listened to

happened to Stephanie, was it you?” he asked directly, his patience wearing

as she

two steps back, straightening her clothes and adjusting her hair with a proud tilt of her chin. “So, it’s about Stephanie again,” she said with a

expression Courtney knew that every time

asked him, running her fingers through her long hair as she prepared to leave after their talk.

pressed his lips, a strange flicker passing through his deep eyes. “Did you have anything to do with what happened to her when she was pregnant?” he

Suddenly, she noticed a hint of panic hidden in the depths of his

ruthless as Dominick was

dad almost divorced your mom, Mary, over that hussy Madison. And Mary took all her anger out on you Let’s face it, your messed–up childhood is all Madison’s

the golden boy, was perfect, too perfect. The problem was that he was also cruel,

his secrets ran, a mocking smile playing on

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Chapter 351

that Mary went crazy and found a man of her own. She even teamed up with him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a five–year–old should remember

slightly parted as if words of fury were about to spill out.

he gritted his teeth and forced his rage down.

one dared speak of the

family’s history. That winter, snow fell heavily, and the weather was exceptionally cold during the thaw, Dominick ran and ran, but the strides of a five–year–old could only carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn’t remember. All he could recall was the coldness, chilling to the bone. The cold made his wounds

the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were tattered, his body covered

about the abducting and eventually. found the perpetrators, but they were dead ends,

behind

father eventually reconciled with his mother, who remained the dignified lady of the Wellington

was when he began